A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, ordered former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, to be remanded in Kuje prison pending the consideration of his bail application. Presiding judge, Justice James Omotosho gave the order after the court resumed Mamman’s arraignment on money laundering charge which was earlier stepped down by the judge. Mamman had pleaded not guilty to the charge preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. EFCC had filed a 12-count money laundering charge against him. The former minister was alleged to have committed money laundering offences to the tune of N33billion. But…
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The National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) said over 50 per cent of Nigeria’s problems will be addressed following the Local Government autonomy ruling by the Supreme Court. The National President, NULGE, Ambali Olatunji made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Thursday. Olatunji was reacting to the ruling by the Supreme Court, granting LGAs financial autonomy. Recall that the Attorney General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), had filed a lawsuit on behalf of the Federal Government, seeking to grant full autonomy and direct funding to all 774 local government areas…
Consultation between the Organised Labour and President Bola Tinubu was again on Thursday adjourned without a conclusive agreement. The meeting convened by President Tinubu has just ended with no meaningful resolutions reached. But Labour leaders who emerged from the meeting, told State House reporters that their consultation with the Presidency will continue next week, as they also have to go back to their organs to brief them on what they discussed with the President. Nigeria Labour Congress President, Joe Ajaero, said the positions of N250,000 for Labour and N62,000 for the Federal Government still stand. Nigerians, particularly the nation’s workforce,…
The arraignment of Saleh Mamman, who was sacked as Minister of Power under ex-President Muhammadu Buhari was, on Thursday, stalled at a Federal High Court in Abuja due to ill health. In September 2021, Buhari fired Mamman, alongside then Minister of Agriculture, Sabo Nanono. They were about the only ministers Buhari sacked in his eight-year tenure, aside from some those he dropped in his first term. On Thursday morning, Mamman reportedly collapsed outside the courtroom before the case was called. The former minister’s counsel, Femi Ate (SAN), told the presiding judge Justice James Omotosho shortly when the matter was called…
Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, on Thursday, called on the Federal Government to immediately seek amendments to the Samoa Agreement or withdraw its assent, if such amendments were not accepted. The CBCN’s appeal is contained in a statement titled ‘Threats to the sovereignty and values of Nigeria in the Samoa Agreement’ jointly signed by President of the Conference and Archbishop of Owerri, Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji; and Secretary and Bishop of Uromi, Donatus A. Ogun, respectively. The Catholic bishops expressed concern that Nigeria’s civil authorities may not be fully aware of the implications of the nuanced language in the document, which…
The Senate, on Thursday, went into an emergency executive session following a heated disagreement over the official sitting time of the Red Chamber, reports The Nigerian Tribune. The disagreement involved the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and his predecessor, Senator Ahmed Lawan, over the timing of the plenary sessions. According to the Senate’s rules, the official commencement time is 10 am. However, it has reportedly become routine for sessions to start much later, often around 11 am or even later, as lawmakers trickle in late. Traditionally, the Senate adjourns its sittings for the day with plans to reconvene at 11 am…
House of Representatives has condemned the incessant arrest and detention of journalists in the country while carrying out their constitutionally assigned role. Coming under a motion of urgent public importance titled, “Need to curtail the incessant and unlawful arrest and detention of journalists by law enforcement agencies”, sponsor of the motion and member representing Abak/Etomi Ekpon/Ika Federal Constituency, Akwa Ibom State, Clement Jimbo, lamented the spate of unlawful arrest of journalists in Nigeria, saying the development must be addressed to protect the Fourth Estate of the Realm. The lawmakers stressed the importance of a free press to the growth and…
Samuel Adesola, Abuja Following Thursday’s Supreme Court verdict granting autonomy to local government councils, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has warned the 36 state Governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to immediately account for and return the local government funds, amounting to about N40trillion, “which they have collected over the years.” SERAP’s warning came in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling that declared the practice of state Governors and the FCT Minister withholding and utilising funds intended for local governments unconstitutional. SERAP Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, in a statement on Thursday, said, “We…
By Edwin George Agbonsuremi Some Concerned Groups have uncovered discrepancies about the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate, Monday Okpebolo. They include, among others, age discrepancies and falsification which are deemed as criminal offences. Records have shown that Monday Okpebholo has two different birthdays. No doubt, APC Has no candidate in the 2024 Edo gubernatorial election, period! A media organisation earlier dismissed a claim by the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate, Monday Okpebolo, on a flooded portion of an unspecified road in the Government Residential Area of Benin, the state capital. The Media Team said it was worrisome that despite the…
Segun Ayinde, Abeokuta A leader in the fields of pharmaceutical technology, research and training and the Olu of Orile-Ilawo, Ogun State, Oba Olusegun MacGregor, has called on the federal government to engage brains in the pharmaceutical industry to embark on indigenous research and create drugs suitable for Nigerians’ genetics to cure their ailments He lamented that most of the imported drugs from foreign countries were not working for Nigerians because of their pharmacogenetics reactions to the drugs. Oba MacGregor disclosed this on Wednesday at the 2024 Pharmaceutical Society Of Nigeria (PSN) Ogun State branch, where Pharm. Adesina Opanubi spoke on…